HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH PRAYER DIARY SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE TIMES 8:00, 9:00 & 11:00A.M.

MONDAYEVANGELISTIC PRAYER
Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 7-9; Luke 13
Monday, April 20
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Living Father, Loving Savior:
Nobody but you, Jesus! No one but you can free the captives. Real freedom
comes only from one placesalvation in your blood.
IT IS A FREEDOM RIGHTEOUSLY BESTOWED. Your Son is heir of all things,
so he has a right to make men and women free. Lord, I honor your righteous
justice that has secured the salvation of my family and friendsnot because you
skipped their sin, but because Jesus died for it.
IT IS A FREEDOM COSTLY PURCHASED. We proclaim it by Christs power,
but he bought it with his blood. Jesus, you will make my friends and family free,
but only by your own bondage to death. I go clear and liberated because you bore
my pain and punishment for me.
IT IS A FREEDOM FREELY GIVEN. There is nothing you ask of me by way of
preparation. You saved me just as I amwithout any help or meritby your free
grace. Do so for _________ and _________ and my other lost friends.
IT IS A FREEDOM CONFERRED FOREVER. I cannot fall into bondage again.
Satan still plots to enslave me, but if you are on my side Lord, whom shall I fear?
You are mightier than the world and its enticements. My own deceitful heart
harasses and annoys me, but you have begun a good work that you will make sure
to carry out (Phil 1:6).
IT IS A FREEDOM THAT HAS TO BE DISPLAYED. Help me serve you with
gratitude and with good attitude in front of the lost. Lord, what will you have
me to do today? I seek to do it for Jesus sake and by his power. Amen.

A DAILY PATTERN FOR PRAYER & BIBLE READING

Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 16-18; Luke 16
Thursday, April 23
Psalm 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what
it is; that I may know how frail I am.

YOU dont have to worry, and dont you be afraid

Joy comes in the morning, troubles they dont last always
For theres a friend in Jesus who will wipe your tears away
And if your heart is broken, just lift your hands and say
So when your tests and trials, they seem to get you down
And all your friends and loved ones are nowhere to be found
Remember theres a friend in Jesus who will wipe your tears away
And if you heart is broken just lift your hands and say
Oh I know that I can make it; I know that I can stand
No matter what may come my way, my life is in your hands
With Jesus I can take it; with Him I know I can stand
No matter what may come my way, my life is in your hands
Kirk Franklin, 1998

WEDNESDAYREVIVAL PRAYING
Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 13-15; Luke 15
Wednesday, April 22

TUESDAYFOCUS ON CHRISTS LIFE

Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 10-12; Luke 14
Tuesday, April 21
away.

Luke 1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty

Prov. 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for
the finer.

Lord God Who Formed Me:

I do so want floods of blessing; first I must confess how dry I am; how
thirsty and wilderness-like my life is. I need revival for survival! O that a spirit of
revival would pass through our church! Second, I will cultivate true praying.
Ezek. 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the
house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
I have your promise, but Ive not pleaded it as I should. Thats like having
your signed check and never depositing it at the bank. Its my own fault if I never
have revival, because the very least thing you can ask of me is that I ask of you
that I force myself to recognize my desperate dependency and beg you for it.
Third, I have to put forth my own personal effort. It is crazy for me to
pray for a harvest of souls and never put out any seed. To pray for church
services and not invite anyone to come with me. Nothing is more insulting to
your majesty than to pray for revival, and fold my arms and stay sitting.
Let me get hold of more people. Put me on the lookout on Sundays! I want
to find new people and visitors I can tell about what Ive experienced of your
love. If I dont get a chance to talk to them, I can email. A word from me may be
as good as a sermon. Help me do anythingdo everythingto bring them to
Jesus, because it is while I am working that I will find you working with me. You
are never slower than your people. You have me praying for revival because you
have already determined to give it! You have me hungry for what youve already
prepared. Do not let me add to my other sins the sin of unbelief on this point.
We do not despise your mercy, but crave your grace towards us, Jesus! Amen.

Divine Father:
Today I adore you for your ways with me. Sometimes you put me into the
furnace. You are a refiner unto me, and the fire is meant to destroy my sin, and
so I thank you for it. I praise you for your wisdom and love in all the acts of
discipline you subject me to, because you are my Father. I thank you for not
allowing me to live in sin, because sin is much worse than the fire of the furnace.
The trial that burns me most is not as heavy to bear as the guilt of the sin.
Lord, if you gave me the choice to keep my sin but live in pleasure, or to have sin
burned away by trial and affliction, I choose the latter. Bring on the good pain
and the sanctified affliction; just deliver me from the influence of iniquity! Release
me from every evil habit, from the baggage of past sins, from all the dross that is
mixed with the precious metal, from anything that diminishes the brightness of
your grace in me, and from everything that keeps you from taking delight in me. I
beg you Lord, take it all away and so give me revival!
Make my life the crucible and the burning heat, just so long as you sit at the
mouth of the furnace to watch your image reflected in the resulting purity, and to
see that nothing is lost. O blessed Lord, help each of your children who are
taking the heat just now. Enable us all to look up and see you near, watching,
because then we can feel completely at peace. If I am in your hands, then all
things are wellreally well, and I need not anxiously worry.
Give me exactly that view of my trials and troubles today. Make me see
themand even appreciate themwhen I watch them in the light of your glory
being produced by them. Make me be just like Jesus. For his sake do it! Amen.

FRIDAY CORPORATE PRAYER MINISTRY

Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 19-21; Luke 17
Friday, April 24

SATURDAYIN THE PSALMS

Chronological Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 22-24; Luke 18:1-26
Saturday, April 25

Psa. 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Almighty Lord and Mighty Master:
Enable us, by your grace and the assistance of your Spirit, to sweep our
community clean of crime, of unbelief, and of superstition. Make our church a
way station on the underground railroad out of bondage to sin. Deliver our
relatives and friends out of the drunkenness and ignorance they live in. We want
the whole earth to be able to behold the brightness of your coming. Make them
ready for your reign Jesus, by now freeing them out of sins power.
Father, save any in our church this Sunday who have so far remained
unreconciled to you through your Son. Touch even today some careless heart
with your sacred finger, and stir it alive to your sacrifice for sin. Touch now!
Touch them even if they only come to our church out of curiosity. Lay your hand
on their heart to impart a spiritual gift. May their conscience say, I must have
Jesus!
And oh, give us the power to set aside our pride and put away the sins of
the flesh. Touch our conscience and gird it with strength, so our will can submit,
and our thoughts and rationalizations can yield, and our affection and
emotions can bow, so you will reign over our hearts as well as our heads.
Subdue our rebellions to your loving dominion. Again I say,
Psa. 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Let everyone who comes to our church as an unbeliever this Sunday get
saved on that day. Let the good seeds of our witness we sow today drop into
ground that will welcome it. Point us to hearts that will water it, so from there it
can bring forth a harvest to your glory. Unto your name be the honor through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Psa. 22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head,
Dear Savior and Redeemer:
The spirit of obedience can go no further than to sit still and cling to God,
even when feeling forsaken. To still defend our confidence in God before a
mocking multitude, even when he is afflicting us, that is loyalty to the Lord.
You had to feel forsaken of God, because that is the consequence of sin
(my sin). Even though you were the Holy One, you were standing-in as the Just
for the unjust, the Christ for the criminal (I was the criminal). If you found God
forsaking you as the substitute, what must the doom of the actual sinner be!
God, I know I deserve the deepest hell at the hand of your justice. But I am
not afraid. You will never forsake me, because you forsook your Son on my
behalf. Jesus suffered to the full in my place. You are not so unjust as to require
payment at his hand, and then again at my own. Behind this brazen altar of
substitution, I am safe.
If I should ever feel like you have deserted me, let me learn from my Lords
example how to behave. If God has left me, I will not shut my Bible. No, I will
open it like the Lord did, and find a verse that just fits me. If God has left me (or
I think you have) I will not give-up on prayer. No, I will pray like my Lord did
and be more earnest than ever. If I had one anchor before, my faith will cast out
two anchors now. If I cannot call you Father, then like my Lord I will cry, My
God, and let the pronouns take their hold by faith, as seeing him who is invisible.
Bottom line: if I am ever lost, it will be at the foot of the cross!
Lord, I abhor the sin that brought such agony on you. Sin murdered Christ.
Help me not be a friend to it in this life, for Jesus sake. Amen.

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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

APRIL 19, 2015

HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

HOW TO BUILD A BALANCED LIFE

THIS WEEKS EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

PRAYER DIARY

TIMEWORSHIP
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and
departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

GIVE GOD THE FIRST PART OF EVERY DAY. The first commitment is
to a daily quiet time with God. Our weekly Prayer Diary provides a template for daily
devotions.
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SERVICE TONIGHT 5:30P.M.

MONDAY 12:00 NOON-1:00P.M.
Proverbs & Prayer lunch meeting at the North Campus

TITHEWORK
1 Cor 16:2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as
God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

GIVE GOD THE FIRST DIME OF EVERY DOLLARno questions

asked. Ten percent is a miniscule amount in our affluent society, but it must come
off the top in order to show that God is our priority. We want the blessing of the
firstfruits (first devotion, first dime and first day) to flow out to the rest of our
resources.
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TODAY
Welcome to our visitors! Please take a connection card and a white visitors
card from the back of the pew in front of you. Fill it out and put it in the
offering plate or hand it to us in the lobby. Wed like to know youre here!
Discipleship 2 9:00A.M. in room 5
Financial Peace University 11:00A.M. in room 6
Ministerio Hispano 11:00A.M. en el saln 5

TEAMWORD
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

GIVE GOD THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK. You should fellowship
with a group of believers around the word of God every Sunday in our church.

QUALITY CHRISTIANITY INVOLVES THREE THINGS

Keeping Christ at the center (your core relationship of worship to God)

Keeping the body of Christ a priority (your congregational relationship of
walking with us)
Basing beliefs and actions on the mind of Christ (your church relationship in
the Word)

WEDNESDAY 7:00P.M.
AdultsPsalm 119 in the sanctuary
AWANABible Club for all kids 2 yrs-6th grade
SATURDAY
MOMs Group MOMS NIGHT OUT! Mani/Pedis at Nail Envogue followed
by dinner at Smokehouse BBQ in Zona Rosa (may be time for shopping)! Nails
4:00-7:00P.M. and dinner 7:30PM. If you'd like to come let the office or Michelle
Cease know so we can make reservations to accommodate all.
Open Gym Volleyball 6:00-9:00P.M. 2nd & 4th Saturdays. Everyone welcome
(invite friends & family). Snacks available each week (while they last). Childcare.

INTERCEDE WITH GOD INSTRUCT SAINTS

PROMPT PETITIONS KICKSTART DEVOTION

INSTRUCTIONS:

Baptists tend to ridicule liturgical churches that use "prepared prayers" because
they lack spontaneity. But for many Baptists, their prayers are so predictable they are
no more spontaneous than written-out prayers. The result is we end up praying the
same things over and over.
This daily Prayer Diary will prompt you on a wide range of prayer requests you
might not normally think of, while forcing you to articulate a deeper devotion to
God. We have included a daily Bible reading schedule. This plan will take you
through the Bible chronologically in a year.
Do not read ahead and do not try to catch up. Use each day as it comes. Then
you can know that on any given day, dozens of other people are lifting their hearts in
the same mind to God. Pray what is written, but use what is prayed as a springboard
for your own relationship with God. You learn to pray by praying.
Alan

MINISTRY, SERVICE & FELLOWSHIP CALENDAR

SATURDAY MAY 2, 9:00A.M.
Mens work Day @North Campus, 1351 NW Jefferson St (just across the
highway on the outer road north of I-70). Bring cordless drills & landscaping
tools. We will assemble shelving units, clean exterior windows, landscape, install
smoke detectors, move books from storage to office, etc.
MAY 3
Baptisms & HarvestKids Learning Assistant appreciation luncheon
TUESDAY MAY 5, 7:00P.M.
Mens Small Group Bible Study begins in room 6
The 9 core elements of biblical manhood (Gen 1 & 2)
Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays through August!
MAY 10
Mothers Day No evening services May 10-Aug 22
Israel Trip Nov 21- Dec 1, deposit is due. Applications are in the lobby or
download at https://www.scribd.com/doc/261059980 and mail directly to
MidTown Baptist Temple.

Secret prayer is the secret of prayer, the soul of prayer, the seal of prayer, the
strength of prayer. If you do not pray alone you do not pray at all. Our Lord Jesus
Christ would go nowhere till He had prayed. He would attempt nothing till He had
prayed.
Oh, says one, I live in the spirit of prayer, and therefore I do not need times
and seasons for prayer. And do you think that Christ did not live in the spirit of
prayer? Yet He had to have his special time and place to pray. Do not fall under the
injurious notion that because your spirit cries to God in prayer all day long, therefore
there must not be some season for more immediately coming into Gods presence. If
you imagine this, I am afraid that it will prove a snare to your feet. The Lord Jesus
Christ, who knew better than you do that the main thing is the spirit of prayer rather
than the act of prayer, yet Himself retired into desert places to maintain the act and
exercise of prayer. Be spiritual. Be baptized into the spirit of prayer. But do not be
deceived by the enemy, who can steal a spirit away while we dream that we only
spiritualize it. We had better preserve the very bones of prayerthe posture, the
time, placerather than let it all ooze away into an impalpable mental condition.
God keep us prayerful. He will do so if He makes us like His dear Son.
Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-92

Dont make excuses; make a difference!

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